Hello, so my guinea pig has been eating/drinking/using the bathroom fine and seems in perfect help except for this odd recent behavior. She loves being petted and scratched but suddenly now she hates being picked up. When I first got her, it took a while to be able to pick her up, but except for some running, she has been fine. She hasn't been scratching any more than usual or anything and she enjoys being touched, just not picked up. She makes noises and seems genuinely scared to be picked up and is biting to hurt/drawing blood. She hasn't ever been dropped or anything and I don't know what would cause this behavior change in the last day.
I was thinking possibly mites or lice but I don't see anything in her fur (from what I can see), she isn't scratching more than usual, and she likes being touched except when it comes to petting. This is probably the second day I didn't pick her up (yesterday I just wasn't home) so I think it is odd that something could develop that quickly. Could it be her stomach or some other issue?
Thanks in advance!
***Admins, I don't have a page on medical/veterinary (I checked) but I do have one under diet and nutrition, so if this needs to be moved or whatever just let me know.
I was thinking possibly mites or lice but I don't see anything in her fur (from what I can see), she isn't scratching more than usual, and she likes being touched except when it comes to petting. This is probably the second day I didn't pick her up (yesterday I just wasn't home) so I think it is odd that something could develop that quickly. Could it be her stomach or some other issue?
Thanks in advance!
***Admins, I don't have a page on medical/veterinary (I checked) but I do have one under diet and nutrition, so if this needs to be moved or whatever just let me know.